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Mesoscale Discussion 341
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT for 29 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ellis, Graham, Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 2 more | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Cherokee, Coffey and 15 more | 89 min |
| Mar 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho | 94 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.